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Volunteers are essential for the success of PMYC Athletic Programs
Thank you for your interest in becoming a volunteer at PMYC Sports!
Background Checks Required for All PMYC Coaches
Beginning in January 2026, all Coaches will be required to Register via TeamSnap and upload their clearances for each sport they coach and at the beginning of each and every sport season.
If you already have your clearances and they are up to date, then you can go to the TeamSnap Registration for Coaches that applies. (see below for current Coaches Registration links)
If you need to obtain new or updated clearances, see clearance links below.
Required Clearances: Pennsylvania Access to Criminal History, DHS Child Abuse History and FBI Clearance
*Proof of background checks must be submitted prior to first practice.
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Current Open Coaching Registrations
PMYC Expectations for Coaches
100% commitment and respect for your athletes as individuals and for the team.
Positive attitudes and constant encouragement.
An appropriate level of skill challenging youth athletes.
Structured practices with an appropriate mix of repetition to develop instinct. New drills & routines to avoid boredom and learn new aspects of the game.
Coaches are responsible for implementing practices and systems that support athletes’ physical, emotional, and psychological safety.
• Physical safety focuses on preventing injury and physical harm. It includes injury prevention practices like managing fields and facilities, teaching foundational technical skills, and providing adequate rest and recovery time.
• Emotional safety means ensuring youth athletes feel accepted and valued for who they are.
• Psychological safety means youth athletes feel free and safe to be themselves, speak up, ask questions, and make mistakes without fear of being judged or punished. In other words, athlete safety is holistic—it creates a foundation to support positive youth development and sport specific practices and skill-building opportunities.
Protect yourself and youth by having at least 2 adults present at all times. No one on one contact with youth other than your own child.
Youth Protection & Coaching Resources
Mandatory Report of Child Abuse
All persons shall report to local authorities any good-faith suspicion or belief that any child is or has been physically or sexually abused, physically or emotionally neglected, exposed to any form of violence or threat, exposed to any form of sexual exploitation, including the possession, manufacture, or distribution of child pornography, online solicitation, enticement, or showing of obscene material. You may not abdicate this reporting responsibility to any other person.
Coaches Code of Conduct
Coaches have a significant impact on the lives of our youth. Coaches are expected to abide by the following code of conduct:
1. Place athletes’ needs and interests before their own.
2. Teach fundamental technical and tactical skills for the sport in developmentally appropriate ways.
3. Practice safe training and conditioning techniques as well as apply basic first aid principles for the prevention and treatment of injuries.
4. Understand and maintain the spirit of the rules for competitive events and exemplify ethical behaviors, like honesty, integrity, and fair play.
5. Foster athletes’ personal, social, and emotional development through sport participation (e.g., initiative, confidence, responsibility, honesty, restraint, cooperative behavior, respect, empathy, self-control).
6. Do not tolerate the use of alcohol, tobacco and any illegal or recreational drug among athletes and during sporting events.
7. Provide a physically and emotionally safe environment for athletes that encourage respect and inclusiveness.
8. Provide a positive and supportive learning environment that encourages personal improvement, provides appropriate challenges, and is fun and enjoyable.
9. Serve as role models; as such, their actions must live up to their words.
10. Maintain a professional demeanor in their relationships with athletes, officials, colleagues, administrators and the community. Engage in appropriate self-control at all times.
11. Recognize the power and influence of their position with respect to athletes. Therefore, coaches are careful to avoid and refrain from exhibiting behaviors that could develop into interpersonal relationships or even create the perception of intimacy − or the desire for intimacy − with athletes.
12. Refrain from direct physical contact with players (i.e., pats on the buttocks) that could be construed as sexual in nature.
13. Work toward the best interests of their athletes by understanding issues of confidentiality and avoiding situations that could create conflicts of interest or could exploit any athlete.
14. I will remember that I am a youth sports coach, and that the game is for children and not adults
-Individuals refusing to meet these requirements will be immediately barred from any coaching position for PMYC.
-Individuals whose background check reveals convictions of any crime or against a minor may be barred from PMYC or from certain activities set forth by the Board of Directors.
-Individuals having a prior conviction will be reviewed by the PMYC Board prior to acceptance as a volunteer.
-Individuals who disagree with their criminal background check must contact the PA State Police.
-Individuals with appeals pending with the PA State Police are barred from PMYC until the appeals are resolved to the satisfaction of the PMYC’s Board of Directors.
-Please contact J.D Maloney (PMYC Administrator) with questions regarding Clearances. admin@pmycsports.org
Privacy: All information submitted per these requirements will be considered confidential between the individual and the Board of Directors. This information may be shared with the other local organization in the event that an individual is barred from PMYC.
Limitations and Parent Responsibilities: The State Police Criminal Record Check is a valuable tool for PMYC and similar organizations to use to help protect our children from dangerous people. These tools are not 100% fool proof, however, and there is no guarantee. It remains your responsibility as a parent to supervise your children, to get to know the people working with your children, and to sound an alarm if you are aware of anything that goes beyond what you think is appropriate. Please contact PMYC Executive Director Jessi Martin with any concerns.